wrestling
News
THQ And Jakks Square Off Over WWE Licence Renewal
12:20AM Mike Fahey | It’s a no holds barred legal struggle between partners Jakks Pacific and THQ over when and if they should renew their licensing agreement with the WWE, set to expire at the end of this year. More »
News
THQ Working On Their Own Controller-Based Game
12:40AM Mike Fahey | Performing a body slam from the top ropes onto the back of the bandwagon, THQ is readying their own game-specific control accessory, to be added to the pile in 2010. More »
News
AAA Mexican Wrestling Coming
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | Another publisher is throwing its hat in the wrestling game ring, thanks to newbie Slang’s AAA: El Videojuego, an Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 grappler based on the Asistencia AsesorÃa y Administración licence. More »
Rumours
Rumour: Character List for Legends of Wrestlemania Revealed
4:30AM Owen Good | A NeoGAFfer working from lists of previously confirmed characters, plus images he says will be released by IGN and WWE, has come up with at least 42 playable characters in Legends of Wrestlemania. More »
Culture
Classic Metal Gear Moves Work, But Only On Pro Wrestlers
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | Hiding from your enemies in a cardboard box doesn’t work too spectacularly in the real world, or even in Metal Gear Solid, but it works in the squared circle, as proven by Akiba Pro Wrestling. More »
WWE Halloween Event Produces More Believable Lara Croft
3:40AM Mike Fahey | Thank goodness for MTV’s Stephen Totilo’s love of pro wrestling. Without it, we never would have heard about how Lara Croft triumphed over countless female wrestlers during this past weekend’s WWE Cyber Sunday pay-per-view event. Mickie James represented gamers everywhere with her dark take on the Tomb Raider star, taking top honors in the competition, which featured the entire inventory of the slutty section of your local holiday costume store. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any better than this, a fight broke out. More »
TNA Impact! Review: Squandering Potential
5:00AM Mike Fahey | Nearly a year ago I attended an event put on by Midway here in Atlanta to introduce the press to their new wrestling title, TNA Impact!, based on the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion founded back in 2002 by wrestling father and son Jerry and Jeff Jarett. After a lengthy hands-on with the game I made the following proclamation: “Once all the moves are finished and the stadiums are complete, it truly has a chance at being one of the best wrestling video games of all time.” Well now the game has been released and I’ve spent a large chunk of time getting pounded into the canvas by the likes of AJ Styles and Samoa Joe to see if Midway grabbed at that chance or got knocked out of the ring by their own ambition. More »
Here’s A Wrestling Game For You TNA Fans
9:20AM Kotaku US Edition | Growing up in the mid-80’s, I was such a big pro wrestling fan that I had everything, including my styrofoam Hacksaw Jim Duggan 2X4 and my Brett Hart sunglasses. I thought I was such a badass. I eventually grew out if it, but like most, came back during the renaissance in the late 90’s. I was totally nWo 4 life brotha’. But I once more lost interest and haven’t watched wrestling seriously in about 10 years, so I had no idea what TNA was when I went to check out TNA iMPACT! today. I’ve played most of the wrestling games from the Playstation/N64 era, so I think I can tell the good wrestling games from the bad ones. Like with the rest of the Midway games from today, I didn’t have a lot of time and go over every feature, so consider this some sort of lightning preview. For me, what makes or breaks a wrestling game is the grapple system. It was great in the Nintendo 64 games, but not so much in, say, WCW/nWo Thunder for PSone (remember that game?). But luckily, the developers for TNA iMPACT! patterned their game after WWF No Mercy for N64, which is often considered one of the best wrestling game ever made, so that’s good to hear. More »
Midway Gamer’s Day ‘08: TNA Impact
9:05AM Flynn De Marco | Despite my penchant for sweaty muscle men rolling around on the floor grappling each other, I’ve never really liked wrestling games. They are a little too slow for me and I much prefer the fast pace of a Soul Calibur over the lumbering likes of WWF. That said, what I saw of Midway’s TNA Impact left me walking away a fan and quite impressed.
